PM Modi lauds Amit Shah after Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Amendment Bill

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his delight over the passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha and lauded Home Minister Amit Shah's efforts in the same. PM Modi tweeted early Tuesday morning soon after the lower house of Parliament gave its nod to the bill. The Lok Sabha passed the bill with 311 votes in favour while 80 MPs voted against it. The bill will now proceed to Rajya Sabha where numerically, it'll be hard for the NDA to muster votes.

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Results of polling over CAB in Lok Sabha:

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What is CAB?

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was tabled and debated in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The CAB seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Through this bill, Indian citizenship will be provided to the members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from the three countries to India till December 31, 2014. However, there is a swirling political controversy around the bill, with the Opposition calling it discriminatory and those for it dismissing the claims as 'fearmongering'. The debate also assumes another dimension in the north-east, which has witnessed significant polemics over the NRC over the last year.

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